点评:What a gem! We are visiting from the UK and thought this would be a speedy ‘tick’ on our mission to see Kiwis. We stayed longer than we thought having seen their sweet little kiwis and with a new love and knowledge of giant eels!
Our daughter (9) is a squeamish vegetarian and our son (11) very particular about what he touches and under the expert teaching and gentle encouragement from Karen they both ended up feeding the eels some beef and stroking them too! Karen taught us all about them and it was absolutely fascinating.
Please do time your visit to coincide with feeding time as it is a remarkable hands-on experience.
We also spent a long time fishing for crayfish, then releasing them (no harm done).
The kids loved the hunt to earn themselves a choccy fish; and Darren taught us about the two kiwis before we went in so we could spot which was which. No photos to be taken of the kiwis but Darren kindly gave the kids a photo each as we left.
We spent a very happy visit there. Thank you Karen and Darren - our daughter has decided she’d like to emigrate and come and work with you when she’s older!
翻译:真是个绝佳的地方!我们从英国过来旅游,原本以为能快速完成“观赏几维鸟”这一任务。但看到那些可爱的小几维鸟后,我们停留的时间比预期要长,而且还对巨型鳗鱼产生了浓厚的兴趣并学到了不少相关知识!
我们的女儿(9岁)是个敏感的素食主义者,儿子(11岁)则对接触的东西相当挑剔。在凯伦专业的指导与温柔的鼓励下,他们俩最终都给鳗鱼喂了牛肉,甚至还抚摸了它们呢!凯伦向我们详细介绍了这些动物,真的非常有趣。
请务必选择在喂食时间前来参观,那将是一段极棒的互动体验。
我们还花了很长时间去捉小龙虾,之后又把它们放生了(没有造成任何伤害)。
孩子们特别喜欢通过寻找来赢得巧克力鱼的活动;在我们进馆前,达伦还给我们讲解了两种几维鸟的特征,这样我们就能分辨出谁是谁了。虽然不允许给几维鸟拍照,但离开时达伦贴心地给每个孩子送了一张照片。我们在那里度过了一段非常愉快的时光。谢谢凯伦和达伦——我们的女儿决定等长大后也要移民过去,来和你们一起工作!